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with regards to the cricket thread:

its a good question wondering what happened to the following players in tennis:

male
thomas johansson
gilles simon - gun french player that showcased his skills at the hopman cup a couple of years ago
cedric pioline
karol kucera
anders jarryd
marcelo rios
thomas enqvist
magnus gustaffson

women
asa carlsson
anabelle ellwood - australia had a tendency to generate female players to come onto the scene and then never get heard of again
evie dominikovic
olivia lukaszewicz
 
Gilles Simon has been playing on and off this year, been struggling with injuries and being crap. The rest of the men there have retried and are long gone.

Evie Domnikovic retired a couple of years ago, pretty sure she had a kid. her sister still randomly appears on the Pro Circuit. Lukaszewicz and couldn't cut it in the pros, made a little bit of a comeback in Spain a couple of years back but seems she's offically retired now.
 

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KaaN10 said:
Anastasia Myskina
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Think she had an injury not too long after that french Open win, retired because of it ended up having a kid and has another on the way I think.
 
Total Power said:
Jan Michael Gambill? completely disappeared.He was one of my favourites and had a great rivalry with hewitt that time.
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I caught a doubles match involving him on the champions tour a couple of weeks back. Himself, The Poo, Agassi and I think Thomas Enquvist...blast from the past :p :thumbsu:
 
His injury has cost him and not sure whether he will make it back to the top 10. Which sucks because he is one of my favourite players. That run he had at the US Open was awesome. I hope he can make it back.
 
In regards to Johansson, I'm pretty sure he got some sort of back injury not too long after he won AO (still can't believe that even happened), I remember him having a protected ranking or something for a bit. I can't remember ever seeing him too much after that. Back injuries basically end tennis careers (Dinara Safina looks to be headed down that path as well).
 

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Injuries, I think. He made a comeback last year (?) but I think that was mainly exhos.

According to Wiki that comeback ended due to a motorcycle accident.
 
SBI said:
Injuries, I think. He made a comeback last year (?) but I think that was mainly exhos.

According to Wiki that comeback ended due to a motorcycle accident.
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Yep, think he other interests as well, married a supermodel, did that monk thing for a while. I was looking at some old youtube a while back, forgot he was a fun player tow atch.
 
interesting that yenina wickmeyer made a reappearance on the scorecards this afternoon

wasnt she in an australian open semi final only a couple of years ago?

its remarkable how fast the tennis scene moves, and how players get forgotten - quick smart
 

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you have to wonder how a lot of the players sometimes achieve high rankings, get a top 25 seed placing, and not feature after the 2nd round of the australian open


mind you, not everyone can be roger federer and rafael nadal now...
 
you have to wonder how a lot of the players sometimes achieve high rankings, get a top 25 seed placing, and not feature after the 2nd round of the australian open


mind you, not everyone can be roger federer and rafael nadal now...

eg marcos baghdatis is an australian open specialist, but forget about him in the other 3 grand slams for the year
 
Didn't Gambill throw a hissy fit after the treatment he received in the locker room after coming out as one of the few openly gay players on the tour or something?
 

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